What to Do With Files that Are Too Big to Email

Worked your butt off on that brilliant PowerPoint and then hit with the "exceeds maximum file size" message when you go to attach it to an email? Or trying to send your parents the latest bunch of photos of the kids without success? We've all been there - but there are solutions to work around your email limit. For instance, you could compress the file or break the presentation or contents of the attachment into bits and send piece-meal, but that can be a pain or complicated. My suggestion...YouSendIt.

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YouSendIt is a simple service that solves the problem of sending files that are too big. While YouSendIt's not new, my inbox has been inundated with YouSendIt files lately, and I realized it's a service that many of you can benefit from. A s photo and video quality improves, the amount of data each file contains grows exponentially, so files are taking up an increasingly larger amount of storage space. Once you register for YouSendIt (free trial for 2 weeks, free version also available post-trial), all you have to do is upload a file, provide the email address that you want it sent to, and you're finishedt! There are other file transfer services out there, such as transferbigfiles.com, spidersend.com or sendthisfile.com, but I think that YouSendIt is the easiest, most fool-proof method out there.

While YouSendIt was created to circumvent the problem of sending files that are too large, it's taken a cue from other cloud computing services and now offers a host of storage features as well. I recently read that 98% of Fortune 500 companies utilize YouSendIt because it offers so much versatility. In addition to helping with file transfers, , YouSendIt offers data storage, data syncing, digital signing, and a host of other content-collaborating services. But truthfully what I like best about YouSendIt is that it works as all great technology should - without requiring that you interfere or really understand what's happening. It just does what you want it to! So if all you need to do is send large files, it won't bombard you with a host of other services.

You'll be glad to hear that I've already vetted this through my gold-standard of testing. My mom tried it out and within an hour I'd received multiple photographs of the construction being done to the family home! So what are you waiting for? Try YouSendIt out and let me know how you like it in the comments section below.